Love those pictures. I have my first ever feeder up. We have a couple of cardinals so far and I think a phoebe. Can't really see all that well across the yard. :) But its fun watching them

Love your picture of the cardinals. I love bluebirds too. I don't see as many bluebirds as I use to. Maybe it has something to do with all the squirrels. We have to many of those bushy tail rats. I haven't found a bird feeder that squirrels can't eat more than the birds

I love to hear the cardinals. We don't have them here in nevada. I do have a birdbath that the birds use all winter for drink and bathing. It is so fun to watch them. I have seen as many as a dozen birds in there at a time splashing about. So comical.
I stopped feeding them because tiny mice began to come around the feeders and I feared they would try to move into the house. I like nature but I don't want to live with them! LOL... I have many growing things that they love in the yard, so they feed off of those things.


ps. Thanks for sharing the pictures of your visitors. Love those pretties.

Why thank you! Husband bought himself a new camera and I am trying it out (grin) Only problem is I haven't yet found how to upload the pictures from his camera directly to the Quilting Board. I download them to my computer, but have had to develope the pictures then scan them before I can upload from my computer to the Board.

Oh how I wish I could hear the cardianls. Even with my hearing aids, I can not hear any of our birds. But that does not stop my enjoyment of watching them.

I know what you mean about the squirrels. We live at the edge of a forest of mostly oak trees and have plenty of those "bushy tail rats" One day a few years ago husband sat on the deck and used his rifle to fill 2 five gallon buckets with those "rats" It may be time to thin them out again.

I can feel your enjoyment from here! The Tuffed Tit Mice are the first birds around here to find a new feeder. A couple of winters ago when the snow was on the ground I decided I would try my hand at getting a bird to eat from my hand, so I wrapped up really good, sat on the deck with sunflower seeds in my hand and it wasn't long before a tuffed tit mice landed on my hand and grabbed a seed. After that I went out every day for several months and he would come to eat from my hand. The grandchildren were even able to hold out seed for him. We got such a delight out of feeding him well into the summer months. Now, I can't remember if I got lazy and missed going out to feed him or if something happened to him that he could not come back. I know I sure miss him.

Thank you for reminding me - I had not seen a red-winged blackbird for several years, until last month when the snow was on the ground and a large flock of them landed under the feeders to eat.

Fab pics. We have mountain bluebirds checking out all the birdhouses around here, and I see that two pair have chosen a home. I too love watching the birds

Great pictures ans love birds but do not feed them as cat while old would be trying to "get" them. We see bald eagels once in a while, crows and various other bird. I think they come and eat grain out of horse poop as Gem roams the 4 acres and mows the grass. We do feed the squirrls, and have fox squirrls sometimes. But Gem gets into their feeders sometimes, and they hunt for nuts off the oak trees. Love your birds and they are so pretty.